Attitudes of Theology Faculty Preparatory Class Students towards the Arabic Course (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Sample) Cover Image

İlahiyat Fakültesi Hazırlık Sınıfı Öğrencilerinin Arapça Dersine İlişkin Tutumları (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi Örneği)
Attitudes of Theology Faculty Preparatory Class Students towards the Arabic Course (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Sample)

Author(s): Osman Arpaçukuru, Muzaffer Üzümcü
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Language acquisition, Higher Education
Published by: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Theology; Arabic Teaching; Attitude Towards Arabic; Attitude Scale Towards Arabic Lesson;

Summary/Abstract: The research evaluates the opinions and attitudes of the preparatory students of the Faculty of Theology. As a sample, students from the Faculty of Theology of Tekirdag Namık Kemal University were selected. In order to collect the research data, “Attitude Scale for English Course” developed by Aydoslu was adapted to Arabic. The independent variables of the study are gender, type of education, type of high school graduated and the students' Arabic study period. Data collected with the participation of 166 students in the spring semester of 2018-2019 academic year were analyzed using SPSS software. It is understood from the findings that most of the preparatory students have a positive attitude towards Arabic lessons. Some students are observed to have a negative attitude. When looking at attitudes by gender and type of education, no significant difference was found.

  • Issue Year: 6/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 853-886
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Turkish